Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-02-23

their wings, and rely upon gravity. This
I have noticed in the sand-hill cranes in
their migrations along the Sierra Madres.
A flock, of say a hundred, will mount up
ward in beautiful spiral, flashing in the
sunlight, all the while uttering loud, dis
cordant notes, until they attain an altitude
of nearly mile above the sea-level.
Then they form in regular lines, and soar
away at an angle that in five miles, or 80,
will bring them within one thousand feet
of the earth. Then they will stop and
begin the spiral upward movement again
until high elevation is reached, when,
away. they 60 again sliding doWnhillin
the air, toward their winter home. Itis
very evident that a vast amount of mus
cular exertion is saved in this way. In
some of these slides that have watched
through glass;. birds would pass from
three to four miles, should judge, with
out Tapping the wings.-C. f. Holder IN
ST. Nicholas.
ASTHMA IN CAGE BIRDs.-Canaries are
often troubled with q wheeling in the
chest, which, from its resemblance to what
is known as asthma in human beings, is
given the same name. It is not, however,
asthma, but an affection of the lungs.
The cause is not far to seek. Canaries can
bear great extremes of heat and cold, del
icately framed though they be; but they
cannot stand sudden transitions from one
to the other. When they are kept in q
room where the temperature is very va
riable; perhaps close to draughty VIM
dow during the day, with hot, vitiated at
mosphere from burning gas in the even
ing, and later on the other extreme Of cold,
we must not wonder if the lungs are af-
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care should be taken to prevent such a
state of things, and this is best done by
hanging the cage below the middle bar of
it on table some distance away, and then,
when the gas is lit, the cage can be cover
ed over and put on the floor in one cornerI
of the room, as the temperature will bel
much more equal there than higher up.
If such plan be adopted, the so-calledI
asthma will be prevented; but If it isl
found, q little tincture of aconite is the|
best remedy, say drop to a teaspoonfulI
of water divided into two doses.-tScier-|
entifc american.
The WRoNGFULNEss OF FUNERAL EU-
LoGIEs.-Eulogizing the dead over their
new coffins has become one of the fine|
arts. The time was when it was not safeI
to call preacher to deliver discourse as
part of the obsequies of a doubtful
characterize would preach to the living,I
and might point to the evil things of theI
dead mans finished life. What good isl
there in it? The family know that such
glowing eulogies are false. Even quiteI
quite young people know that the preachr
er is not telling the truth. The neighbors|
all know it. The effect is evil In two direc-I
tions. 1t is the obliteration of the line
between right and wrong. A young per-I
son hearing defective character highly
and wholly extolled concludes that NOR
al teachings have no real basis-that evil
is just as good as good. Secondly: ltl
breaks down confidence in and respect forI
the ministry, and for religion itself. OneI
of the most cruel and grasping misers weI
ever knew was sent flying out Of hisI
greedy den up into the heavens, fingingI
glory and melody from his feathers as heI
flew-result: all the contempt and hat-i
red justly due to that old man was cast
upon the church which thus eulogized
him and justified him.-Nate7'ior.
How TO KEEP OUT OF DEBT.-One of
our merchants who was out on collect
ing tour few days ago, tells US that he
saw practical exemplification Of livingl
narQ 10 make enQS HeeC WlClouC SoluS III
debt. The gentleman with whom he stop
ped for dinner, just over the line in Ches-
terield county, S. c., owned several hum
dred acres of unencumbered land, but, ow-
ing to bad crop year, had gotten in debt q
hundred or two dollars, and he and his
wife knowing how soon a mortgage will
eat up land, had resolved to ''live hard"
until they could retrieve their wasted for
tunes and get out of debt. The gentle
mans wife told him they had not bought
yard of cloth of any kind in over two
years, and that they were living on plainI
bread and meat and rye coffee, and all
growing fat on it. This is a great deal
better than to mortgage the homestead"
and then live high Oil long credit prices
until the land is all gone, and wife and
children without home. A good many
are doing this.-Moaaroe (N CO. EnquirerI